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 Sedge Warbler  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus


 

Listen to two minutes of continuous song:

Knockentiber - Springside Disused Railway Line, Ayrshire, Scotland  55º 37' 30.2'' N  04º 33' 8.6'' W

16 May 2010, 0917h

Advertising song (strictly, the sole function is mate attraction in this species) from old willowherb stems next to mature hawthorn hedgerow.

[File name: sedgewarbler0516091758e] Click here for the MP3 file


     

     

     Below is a section from the above song (at around 1:01 min into the recording) - a continuous churring phrase lasting c6 seconds:

Sonogram of Sedge Warbler song

Knockentiber - Springside Disused Railway Line, Ayrshire, Scotland  55º 37' 30.2'' N  04º 33' 8.6'' W

16 May 2010, 0917h

Advertising song from old willowherb stems next to mature hawthorn hedgerow.

[File name: sedgewarbler0516091758ecut2] Click here for the MP3 file


     

     

Sonogram of Sedge Warbler

Knockentiber - Springside Disused Railway Line, Ayrshire, Scotland  31 May 2009

Advertising song from mature hawthorn hedgerow in farmland, showing mimicry of nearby species.

[File name: sedgewarbler310509ksdr] Click here for the MP3 file


     

     

 Sonogram of Sedge Warbler

Knockentiber - Springside Disused Railway Line, Ayrshire, Scotland  Apr 1999

Advertising song from mature hawthorn hedgerow in farmland, showing mimicry of nearby species.

 

 

 

 

Sonogram of Sedge Warbler

Lake Siikalahti, Parikkala, Finland  61° 33' 58'' N  29° 33' 38'' E    3 July 2003, 0400h

Advertising song from reedbed with Black-headed Gull colony.

 

 

 

 

Sonogram of Sedge Warbler

Walthamstow Reservoirs, London, England  51° 34' 47.1'' N  00° 03' 30.4'' W  10 May 2009, 2115h

Advertising song from hawthorn at basin edge.

 

 

 

 


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